PicnicTutorials Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 How do you make a tapered shadow in photoshop? Like this page for instance. See how the shadow fades away? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Draw a rectangle the size you want the tapering gradient to be, duplicate the layer and fill new layer with white for example. On bottom layer, use gradient tool and fill with grey foreground to transparent background gradient. Next go to top layer and Com+T or Ctrl+T and expand top layer to hide the majority of the gradient layer. I hope this is clear? If not let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks a lot! I'll give it a try... If you have any free time it would be ever so helpful if you could make a little screencast for me? They're free and nothing to download - all done in the browser. Thanks! http://www.killersites.com/forums/topic/14/i-think-we-should-make-both-of-these-well-known/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 My usual solution to this usually involves creating the shadow by using the rectangular select tool, filling the area with black, and then applying a gassian blur. The tapered part is applied by going to Edit -> Transform -> Skew, and adjusting the shape. I'll try to do a screencast on this, but I'm crazy busy at the moment and I am not sure when I will get to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Cool - thanks a bunch Ben! I'll give that a try. I actually have two clients at the same time - first for me. It's a start... If you find the time, a screencast would forsurely help. If not, no problem, I'm sure I have enough to go on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 OK - stuck! I didn't know how to do a gassin blur, so I did it the only way I know how. So let's say I had this image. Can I taper the shadow on the left and right sides. Or no? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) OK I finally got that to work, thanks for your help! Now, what's the easiest way to cut out the center section of a graphic image in order to reduce it's width. I don't want to just adjust it's size as that will distort it. Should I use the slicing tool? Edited May 15, 2009 by Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 You could slice it. You could also flatten all layers, and simply use the crop tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks Ben! I ended up doing this... With the Marque I tool I selected the outer sections >> then used the move tool to drop it into new doc >> moved them together >> then trimmed away the fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cashster09 Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I looked at this post yesterday and tried it in photoshop but couldnt get the look i was looking for. I too was looking to do this for a client.. Eric you could do a screencast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I looked at this post yesterday and tried it in photoshop but couldnt get the look i was looking for. I too was looking to do this for a client.. Eric you could do a screencast? Sure! But I didn't do the screencast. A very nice girl over at Sitepoint did. But here it is just he same... http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stUk9RQkZIR11dQ1leU1JfUl5W/fading_bottom_gradient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimianVaid Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I am a big fan of the 'Add Layer Mask' if I am looking to taper things such as these. Masks are your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatHIverson Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 How do you slice an image. Thanks Pat Come see me at indiana web design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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